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Map-Themed Gifts for Kids

By Debbie Jovel, Contributor Leave a Comment

Whether you and your family are taking a vacation or having a Staycation this summer, I think the summer break is the perfect time to explore Our World with your babiekins. Together you can discover Our World through actual travel, by reading a book, or by finding countries on a map (or a Globe) from your home. With so many differences on display in our World right now, I think that now is the perfect time to teach my son to be a World Citizen and cultivate in him the love of exploring and learning about Our World. Two of his favorite books about Our World are “Around the World with Mouk” and “Maps”.

“Around the World with Mouk” has vibrant illustrations, search-and-find challenges, and fun reusable stickers: Mouk is also the perfect tour guide meeting friends along his journeys and sharing informational tidbits about local customs. “Maps” is a visual journey with beautifully drawn illustrations that feature cities, rivers, mountains, places of historical interest, personalities, animals and plants, cultural events and many more facts about every region of Our World.

Does your babiekin also have a favorite book about Our World? Enjoy your Journey!

Homekins // Buffalo Plaid & Holiday Decor

By Leslie Schor, Senior Fashion Editor 1 Comment

We love the way Stephanie Hanna incorporated our one of our favorite winter staples, buffalo plaid, into her home’s Christmas decor. Below she gives us a little insight and tour…

Decorating for the holidays is one of my favorite things to do. Bringing in a real tree and fresh greenery makes the entire house smell like a winter wonderland. The kids love it and get so excited to hang their stockings and decorate the tree. The colors I used this year are red, black, cream and gold. My inspiration was my tassel garland from GenWoo Craft. Her tassel garlands are like no other. She really nailed this festive color way. I loved adding the black ornaments and candles this year. It’s unexpected and dramatic. Red buffalo plaid made a debut in our Christmas decor offering that traditional holiday flair that everyone loves.

The stockings and pom pom wreath were my DIY projects this season. I bought plain stockings from Michaels and embellished them with pom poms, tassels and gold letters. The stocking holders were a fun Target dollar section find. For the wreath I bought a real wreath, wrapped it in lights, added red pom poms from Michaels and finished it off with a Merry Christmas banner. My home is definitely where my heart is and I hope you can find a little inspiration in it for yourself this holiday season.

BABIEKINS MAGAZINE | Buffalo Plaid & Holiday Decor

Craftykins // Holiday DIY & Decor

By Rachel Fox Kipphut, Contributor 1 Comment

If you are looking for quick, fun , easy , and cheap ways to decorate your house this holiday….. then you have come to the right place! As a busy working Momma with two toddlers and a newborn, time and money is precious. I wanted to share a few ways that I was able to Ho Ho Ho my home without taking up too much time, and without breaking the bank.
Happy Holidays from the Kipphut Family!

1. Make Your Own Garland.

We made stars out of pipe cleaners and tied them to string. You could tie anything to string. Hand made snowflakes to store bought shapes and objects.

2. Wrap it up!

Decorating with Gift Wrap….We wrapped the inside of the faux chalkboard fireplace in the girl’s room. You can use it to wrap over doors, framed wall art, to cover the tops of tables, or even cut into shapes and put on the wall!

3. Put a Wreath on it!

I bought this real Boxwood Wreath for under $10.00 from Trader Joe’s. I added an ornament from Target and some Ribbon ( left over from my wedding years ago, awwwww) and TaDaa! A special wreath for your front door.
If you are an advanced crafter, you could even make your own wreaths. You could use store bought items to make a wreath or found and foraged items from your back yard! I used real Boxwood to make mini Boxwood wreaths for all of our windows and some walls. It definitely took longer to make these than I wanted but the end result was totally worth it. I also threw in a cute little photo of my son Ethan.

4. No Gift Wrap ? No Problem!

Wrap gifts with paper items around your home. I used a Trader Joe’s paper grocery bag and used/old “stendig ” calendar pages. Top them off with something fun , like some free greenery from your yard to some store bought pom-poms and then you got yourself some fun gifts from re-purposed items and paper!

5. Throw it up! Some garland that is.

Real or fake…. it doesn’t matter. If you want to get fancy, wrap it in lights! Also, enjoy a pic of some cuties.

6.Christmas Past ….

Decorate by framing or displaying past Holiday photos or new photos if you have them already. They can even just be winter photos. I hope you all enjoyed these little tips. Wishing you and yours a very happy Holiday Season! Happy Crafting! LOVE , The Kipphuts

Where’s it from?

+”Color-Yourself” Christmas Wish List Door Poster by Lullubee Crafts. Now available on Target.com
BUY HERE : http://www.target.com/p/wall-mural-multi-colored/-/A-51938066
www.lullubee.com // @lullubee

+DockATot Baby Lounger. www.dockatot.com // @Dockatot

+”Relax” Tee by Tiny Remix.wwwtinyremix.com // @tinyremix

+”Love/Everything ” Tee by Urban Earth Co. www,urbanearthco.com // @urbanearthco

+”Maxwell ” Baby Booties by Bink&Boo. www.binkandboo.com // @binkandboo

+Handmade Pokadot Bow from Willow Wraps. www.etsy.com/shop/littlewillowwraps.com // @willowwraps

+Gold Shoes by Lili Collection Shoes. www.lilicollectionshoes.com // @lilicollectionshoes

Sleepykins // A Modern-Boho Baby + DockATot Giveaway!

By Rachel Fox Kipphut, Contributor 7 Comments

HELLO BABY! In September we welcomed our newest Babiekins, Ethan! Here is a peek into his Modern-Boho nursery featuring baby items we love! I am also giving away a multi-functional DockATot Deluxe baby lounger to one lucky winner! See details to enter and where to get must-have baby essentials below! ENJOY!

GIVEAWAY !!! Win your very own DockATot Deluxe! We absolutely love ours and so does baby Ethan. Visit my Instagram feed @0utsidetheboxfox to enter or comment on this blog post below. Good Luck!

Room E-styled by the Progency Shoppe . For more information about E-styling provided by the Progency Shoppe visit www.progencyshoppe.com/pages/design

Baby Essentials
+Dresses and “Le Diaper” Clutch from Mitera Collection. www.miteracollection.com
+Moses Basket from Plum+Sparrow. www.plumandsparrow.com
+Zig Zag Rug from Lorena Canals Washable Rugs. www.lorenacanals.us
+DockATot Deluxe from DockATot. www.dockatot.com
+The Ollie Swaddle from The Ollie World. www.theollieworld.com
+Organic Play Gym from Finn + Emma. www.finnandemma.com
+ Leather Changing Mat from GATHRE. www.gathre.com
+Blue “Azure” Newborn Baby Booties from Bink & Boo. www.binkandboo.com
+Crocheted Grey Baby Short from Cosy Cloud Kid. www.cosycloudkids.com
+Orange Crocheted Booties from Artizenbox. www.artizenbox.com
+Black and Grey Beanie from WildSunshine Threads. https://squareup.com/market/wildsunshine
+ Falsa Blanket ( on adult bed) Wildsunshine Threads. https://squareup.com/market/wildsunshine
+ Golden Soul Baby Wrap (on door) and Mint Teether by Little Willow Wraps. www.etsy.com/shop/littlewillowwraps
+Wooden Toy Car, “Barf Vader” Bib and Wooden “RALEIGH” Wall Art by MadeShops. www.madeshops.com
+Crib by IKEA. www.ikea.us
+Blue Ombre (Plant) Basket, Wool Ball Garland,Gorilla Plush, & Yellow Pillows from TARGET. www.target.com
+Mud-Cloth Pillow by HomeGirl Collection. www.homegirlcollection.com

Craftykins // Summer Leaf Decor

By Rachel Fox Kipphut, Contributor Leave a Comment

The more time I spend at home with my two toddlers, the more I have a desire to have fresh flowers around the house. When my sunflowers on the table finally wilted after two weeks, I decided to bring some greenery in from the backyard to fill the void. I took the girls with me on an “adventure” to find the perfect branches. Not only did we decorate areas of the house with branches in vases, but we decided to take it a step further and frame some as Wall Decor. Any leaves should hold between glass floating frames. You can find them at Target or your local craft store. If you are looking for a particular leaf , you can also use faux leaves. And why stop at leaves? You can frame flowers and more from your nature walks with your little ones!

Yellow Dress by @nicolefrancecoe / Toddler Purse , Blue Head Wrap and Cactus Pillow from www.theheartandarrow.com / White Vase, Frames and Table Runner by Target www.target.com / Fox Pillow by wildrabbitireland.bigcartel.com

Luvkins // Sweet Watermelon

By Debbie Jovel, Contributor Leave a Comment

This past Monday was National Watermelon Day – did you join the trend and have a slice of watermelon or two? If not, here are some trendy watermelon goodies that are as sweet as the real thing. Watermelons have been popping up this summer on everything from apparel to accessories and home decor, and with another month of summer left there is still plenty of time to enjoy this sweet and refreshing fruit.

Fun fact, did you know, watermelons are over 90% water?

Luvkins // Light It Up

By Jenny Smith, Contributor Leave a Comment

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String lights and fairy lights. I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of them around in recent weeks, but just because the holidays are over it doesn’t mean that you can’t keep some of their magic alive. There are plenty of playful ways to incorporate a little whimsy to your home with those playfully quaint little lights. Here are so fun ways for you to add them to your home decor all year round.

Featurekins // Lucky Boy Sunday

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Lucky Boy Sunday is happy to present a new season – “Winter 14”

Lucky Boy Sunday is introducing some new secret friends, “Bad Eye Lily”, “Uffie doll” and little “Mause doll”.
“Bad Eye Lilly” got some ink in her eye and it turned bad, “Uffie doll” sometimes has very scary dreams, “Mause doll” is overwhelmed by his own cuteness. They also have some great new pillow cases – “Lucky pillow case” in 3 different color combinations and a very nice “Nulle pillow case”

Lucky Boy Sunday is a brand of modern luxury knitted art toys and soft furnishings for the home, inspired by an artistic take on the world of children. The brand’s Danish designers, Camilla Koerschen and Camilla Ebdrup, are highly creative textile designers with backgrounds in fashion and art, who founded their studio in 2007.

Their work magically straddles the worlds of adults and children, the everyday and the unusual, bringing a poetic, artistic sensibility to both the living room and the children’s room.

All Lucky Boy Sunday’s knitted designs are manufactured in Bolivia, where alpaca have been bred for their precious wool for centuries. All items are knitted in cooperatives working under the fair trade principle, using only the highest grade wool, which is as valuable and as soft as cashmere. Their designs are made to both withstand the rigors of child’s play and look stunning in an adult’s environment.

Quality and function, originality and familiarity, poetry and playfulness are all in harmony in the work of this exceptional brand. Lucky Boy Sunday’s heirloom-quality designs have graced in many international magazines and are sold in luxury design shops and the hippest children’s concept stores from Copenhagen to Paris, Tokyo to New York, who are charmed by Camilla and Camilla’s unique, artistic take on the world.

photographer // Andreas Stenmann //www.andreasstenmann.com

Lucky Boy Sunday | Website | Facebook | Instagram

Map-Themed Gifts for Kids

Homekins // Buffalo Plaid & Holiday Decor

Craftykins // Holiday DIY & Decor

Sleepykins // A Modern-Boho Baby + DockATot Giveaway!

Craftykins // Summer Leaf Decor

Luvkins // Sweet Watermelon

Luvkins // Light It Up

Featurekins // Lucky Boy Sunday

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